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If you wish to apply for an appointment / trial lesson at the Reading Academy, please use our online application form.

Please use the contact form below for all other enquiries, including those related to private tuition (individuals or small groups), arranging a workshop at your school, and for leaving comments or feedback. Alternatively, Mr. Lucas Castrounis can be contacted directly by using the email and telephone details on the right.

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Training at the Reading Academy

The Reading Academy is a private school, but before you begin training, take the time to find out if the Wing Chun and/or Kali system is what you want to study and if the background of the teacher and the school match with what you are looking for.

The only requirement for training at the Reading Academy is enthusiasm, attending regularly for training, and having fun with a desire to learn. Training clothes are casual (no special uniform or shoes) and the classes are for adults only. There are no short cuts - two people may start at the same time, but it's unlikely they will finish at the same time - each individual defines their own progress.

Other systems/schools have gradings but the Reading Academy Schools do not. Both the Wing Chun and Kali systems have a logical progression. The aim is to learn/complete the entire system without fancy belts or uniforms. Founders of the wing chun system, Leung Jan, Leung Bik, Yip Man, Wong Shun Leung, Bruce Lee and Nino Bernardo did/do not have gradings or belts and neither does Lucas Castrounis nor his students.

Be patient as you have fun; learn while you cultivate your understanding.

Lucas Castrounis
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Wing Chun Quotes

Traditionally, when someone committed himself/herself to martial arts, he/she prepared himself/herself for a very long process. That was the first characteristic a master looked for in an individual before accepting him/her as his/her student. Today, people are not as patient. They want everything given to them fast because they are "paying" for it. With this kind of attitude, masters of martial arts dish out either diluted or pure garbage to this type of customers.

Self-defence is only an illusion.

- Wong Shun Leung

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